Homeworks:
Homeworks 2017-18:
Homework for Monday, May 21st:
1. Copy out the Long term causes diagram which is on the Moodle.
2. Use page 20 of the text book to fill in the Countdown to Revolution 1787-89. Begin at Number 4 and end at Number 1
Homework for Monday, May 14th:
Homework for Monday, May 7th:
1. Finish the Armada questions which are on the Moodle:
i) Why did Phillip want to invade England?
ii) What was Phillip's plan?
iii) Make a list of all the reasons why the plan went wrong?
iv) Phillip II blamed the defeat on the weather. Was this the real reason why the invasion failed? (Explain your answer in detail)
2. Do the online lesson on Elizabeth
Homework for Monday, April 23rd:
1. Make sure you have finished the Mary Queen of Scots Homework.
2. Do the first two questions on the Armada worksheet using the textbook p50 and the resources on the Moodle.
1. Do a storyboard on the second part of Mary's life using the information on p48-49 of the textbook and the article on her rivalry with Mary Queen of Scots.
2. Try and break the coded letter by Anthony Babbington.
Homework for Monday, March 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions on Henry's children.
2. Cut out and label the church diagrams, then colour them in.
3. Do the worksheet on the Edward painting (answers can be written on the sheet)
Homework for Monday, Feb 19th:
1. Finish the activities on the Great Matter.
2. Read Henry VIII, Rome and Divorce and Henry VIII and the Church and then do the following task:
Read the sheet entitled Henry VIII and the Church and put this as your title.
Explain how Henry broke away from the Roman Catholic Church (mention Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Cranmer and Parliament in your answer).
Homework for Monday, Feb 19th:
1. Finish the essay: "What made a Henry VII a successful king".
2. Read the introduction to Henry VIII on the Moodle and then do activities 1, 2 & 3 on the Henry VIII activities section.
Homework for Monday, Feb 5th:
Finish all the activities on Henry VII including the evidence questions
Homework for Monday, Jan 29th:
1. Make sure you have finished the video on Luther and the work on the spread of the Renaissance.
2. Finish the mindmap on Britain in 1485.
Homework for Monday, Jan 22nd:
1. You need to bring everything you need to film the Luther trailer for next Monday. Make sure you have decided on all the scenes, learnt your lines and brought the props you need.
Homework for Monday, Jan 15th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on the Medieval Reformers and Erasmus.
2. Now look at the webpages on Luther and do tasks 1-5 (including the storyboard) for homework.
Homework for Monday, Jan 8th:
Read the sheets 1, 2 & 3 on the Reformation on the Moodle. Pu the title: "Making Connections between reform, Renaissance and Reformation" and answer the following:
1. How does the church affect Bodo's life?
2. Now look at sheet 3. What signs were there of the power of the church at this time?
3. Using sheets 1 & 2 explain the criticisms of the church that were made in Source 2. Using your own knowledge of the Renaissance add any other criticisms that you think might have been made against the church.
4. What do you think is the message of Source 1 and how does it get its message across?
5. Using sheet 3 explain who John Wycliffe was, what he did and what the Lollards thought.
Look at source 1.B on sheet 3. What does this source tell us and why do we have to be careful about using it as a piece of historical evidence?
Homework for Tuesday, Dec 19th:
1.Put the title: the Reformation and then below it put the sub-title: A Vision of Heaven and Hell
2. Label the following on the image you have been given:
4. How do you think a medieval peasant would have felt looking at this painting?
Homework for Monday, Dec 11th:
1. Finish the hexagon chart explaining the links between the different factors.
2. Prepare for the essay on the cases of the Renaissance.
Homework for Monday, Dec 4th:
1. Finish the Medicine worksheet
2. Read the information on the Renaissance and Science on the Moodle and then do the activities on the Advances in Science.
Homework for Monday, Nov 27th:
Finish all the activities in the Printing section on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Nov 20th:
Finish the questions on the Moodle on Architecture. You need to read the book and look at the videos and webpages in order to answer the questions. Do drawings to help your explanations
Homework for Monday, Nov 13th:
1. Make sure you have finished and printed out the material for your art poster. You will have a few minutes at the start of Monday's lesson to finish putting the poster together.
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 7th:
Finish your research on your points of the art criticism. You should be ready to write it all up and put it on the poster on Tuesday.
Homework for Monday, Nov 6th:
1. Use the material on the Moodle in the Art and Architecture section (Changes in Art 02 & 02) to draw out two separate mindmaps to show what Art was like in the Middle Ages and what Art was like during and after the Renaissance.
Homework for Monday, Oct 23rd:
1. Finish the Machiavelli questions.
2. Revise the work we have done on the Renaissance for a short answer test on Monday.
Homework for Monday, Oct 9th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on the Power of the Church.
2. Finish the activities on Alexander VI.
Homework for Monday, Oct 2nd:
1. Make sure you have finished the Cosimo Medici biography.
2. Now do the Lorenzo questions 1-6 from page 15 of the text book.
Homework for Monday, Sept 25th:
1. Finish the leaflet on Florence. Make sure you follow the guidelines.
Homework for Monday, Sept 18th:
1. Make sure you have finished Activities 1 & 2 on the City States (p6-7 of the text book).
2. Now go to the Moodle and look at the sheet entitled "Italy information for the mindmap", then do the mindmap activity.
Homework for Monday, Sept 11th:
Finish the pictures and statements on the Renaissance
Homeworks 2016-17:
For Friday, May 26th:
1. You should complete this online lesson on Elizabethan portraits. Just follow the instructions on this link:
http://www.historyonthenet.com/elizabeth-i-online-lesson/
2. Revision
For Friday, May 19th:
Do the worksheet on the Spanish Armada
For Tuesday, May 16th:
1. Finish the questions on the Armada:
Outline Philip's Plan
Then compile a list of all the reasons why the Armada failed (use the video, the book and the article on the Moodle)
2. Revise for the exam (see revision sheet on Moodle)
For Friday, May 12th:
1. Do the worksheet on What Elizabeth should do about Mary Queen of Scots.
For Tuesday. May 10th:
1. Examine the code on the Moodle. Try breaking the code and then write up the de-coded version on a piece of paper.
For Friday, May 5th:
1. Make sure you have done the chart on the Elizabethan Church settlement (sheer in the Moodle).
2. Do the questions on the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.
3. Now read pages 44-45 of the purple text book. Put the title Elizabeth and Marriage. Answer questions 1-3 on Elizabeth and Marriage worksheet on the Moodle.
For Friday, April 28th:
1. Finish the chart on how difficult it would be for Mary to make England Catholic again.
2. After that write a paragraph explaining what chance you think she had of making England Catholic again.
For Tuesday, April 25th:
1. Finish the Lady Jane Grey painting analysis
2. Do the Bloody Mary worksheet on the Moodle, questions 1,2,3 & 7.
For Tuesday, April 18th:
1. Finish the worksheet on Henry's Children (up to and including question 6)which is on the Moodle.
For Tuesday,March 28th:
Finish the Dissolution of the Monasteries worksheet which is on the Moodle.
For Tuesday, March 21st:
1. Finish sticking in your cards on the causes of the Reformation.
2. Organise them into categories.
3. Try and make links between the categories with arrows and give a brief explanation on the arrow.
Remember to have a go at the Historical Egg competition. It's eggcellent!
For Tuesday, March 14th:
1. Finish the source questions on the Great Matter.
For Tuesday, March 7th:
Finish the first three activities on Henry VIII
For Tuesday, Feb 28th:
Make sure you finish the evidence questions on Henry VII. The questions are on the Moodle.
For Tuesday, Feb 14th:
1. Make sure you finish the activity we did in class on Britain in 1485.
2. Use the Henry VII background and solutions sheets to answer the first six questions on the worksheet.
Books will be collected in on Tuesday.
For Friday, Feb 10th:
Finish the questions on the spread of the reformation that are on the Moodle under the Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation section.
For Tuesday, Feb 7th:
You should have finished the filming, so should now edit your film ready to be shown during Tuesday's lesson. Make sure it is completely finished.
For Friday, Feb 3rd:
1. Plan out your Luther trailer. You should be clear on the characters, dialogue, plot, props and key scenes.
2. You should be ready to film the trailer during Friday's lesson.
The film will need to be shown to the rest of the class next Tuesday.
For Tuesday, Jan 31st:
1. Make sure you finish the activities on Martin Luther which are on the Moodle.
2. Do the Martin Luther storyboard activity.
For Friday, Jan 27th:
Remember to finish the timeline on the church reformers if you didn't manage to complete it during lesson time.
For Tuesday, Jan 24th:
1. Finish all the questions in the section entitled "Introduction to the Reformation"
2. Remember to cover your books.
For Tuesday, January 16th:
1. Finish the first three questions on the Church and Europe in 1500.
2. Do your title page
3. Cover your book with images related to the Reformation, Tudors and Stuarts.
For Tuesday, December 20th:
Ensure you have written up or produced all the research you need for your Renaissance posters.
You will have one more lesson to put all the material together on Tuesday.
For Friday, December 16th:
1. If you haven't already done the exam review, please complete it.
2. Finish your research for your project on the Legacy of the Renaissance.
For Tuesday, December 13th:
Please complete the review questionnaire on your exams:
For Tuesday, Nov 21st:
Use the revision guide sheet on the Moodle to help you organise your revision.
For Friday, Nov 18th:
Do the essay on the causes of the Renaissance - look at the guidance sheet on the Moodle (in the Revision section) to help you.
For Tuesday, Oct 25th:
1. Make sure you have finished the mind maps on Medieval and Renaissance art.
2. Do your research for the critique of a piece of Renaissance art, ready to do this on Friday in class.
For Tuesday,Oct 18th:
For Tuesday, Oct 11th:
1. Make sure all work is up to date and that you have finished the Savonarola questions.
For Friday, Oct 7th:
Finish all the activities on the Church on the worksheet that is on the Moodle.
For Tuesday, Sept 27th:
For Tuesday, make sure you have finished the Cosimo de Medici biography. Then if you have time make a start on the Lorenzo de Medici questions (Read page 14-15 of the text book and do questions 1-6), but don't do more than 40 minutes on this.
For the following week: Tuesday, Oct 4th:
For Oct 4th, Make sure the Lorenzo de Medici activities are finished, then read the information sheets on the Moodle on the Power of the Church and do at least up to question 3 on the Activities on the Church sheet and go further if you are ahead, but again don't spend more than 40 minutes on this.
For Tuesday, Sept 20th:
First finish Activities 1 & 2 on page 7.
Read the sheet you have been given on Italy in the fifteenth century and then do the following activities:
For Friday, Sept 23rd:
Using the information on Florence on the sheet, pages 8-9 of the text book and the links below design the front cover of a tourist brochure to tell people in the fifteenth century about the attractions of the city and to encourage them to visit.
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 13th:
1. Make sure you have finished the map and included the rulers, a key and a title. Then glue it in.
2. Read the document on the Moodle about Italy in the 15th century and use the information on that and the sheet to do the Mind Map activity that is on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, Sept 9th:
1. You should already have done the title page and cover.
2. Finish writing up the different changes in the Renaissance.
3. Explain which you think was the most important change and why (write a paragraph)
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 6th:
1. Do a title page for the Renaissance topic (your own drawings and images)
2. Cover your book with images related to the topics we will be studying this year.
Homework for Monday, May 23rd:
Read through the sheet entitled "the medium term causes" of the French Revolution, put this as a title and then do the following activities:
International factors:
1. What was the effect of King Louis XVI sending soldiers to fight against the British in America and why might this have made it more difficult for him to rule France?
2. What other problem might have occurred as a result of the King paying for the soldiers to help the Americans?
Economic factors:
1. What economic problems did France face and what further problem does the cartoon highlight?
Intellectual factors:
1. What was "The Enlightenment"?
2. Look carefully at the ideas of Rousseau, Diderot and Paine, then summarise the main ideas of each man.
3. Which is your favourite quote? Why?
Homework for Tuesday, May 17th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions (1-7) on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
2. Fill in the sheet How France was governed before the Revolution using the information sheet you have been given.
3. Put the title: The Estates and draw the pyramid which is on p103 of the sheet. Then use the information on page 10-11 of your text book to do a factfile on each Estate.
Homework for Tuesday, May 3rd:
Do the essay:
Does Elizabeth I deserve her reputation as a great queen?
Include a clear introduction, outlining the topic and the way you are going to approach the essay.
In the main body examine different aspects of Elizabeth's reign to judge whether or not she deserves her reputation eg: Religious policy, Marriage, Mary Queen of Scots and the threats from Catholic plots, the Spanish Armada, her image.
Use the Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link structure.
Include an overall conclusion directly answering the question.
You can use the information from the text book pages 44-55
Write around 600 words.
Homework for Monday, April 24th:
Finish the questions on the Armada which are on the Moodle. The do the following task:
Read the two versions of the Armada (one Spanish, one English).
English version
Spanish version
What are the differences between the two versions?
Which one do you find most convincing and why?
Homework for Monday, April 18th:
1. You need to finish the questions on Elizabeth and Religion and those on Elizabeth and Marriage.
2. You should then read p48-49 of the textbook about Mary, Queen of Scots.
a) Why was Mary a danger to Elizabeth?
b) Write down two ways in which Elizabeth's treatment of Mary's Queen of Scots helped her be successful.
Homework for Monday, April 11th:
1. Finish the work on Mary's chances of converting England to Catholicism.
2. Do the worksheet "Bloody Mary or Misunderstood Mary" which is on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, April 4th:
Finish questions 1-6 on the worksheet on Henry's children. Remember to label and colour the drawings of the two churches.
Homework for Monday, March 14th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
2. Make sure you have finished the chart on Henry's VIII's wives.
3. Read the webpage link "What did Henry VIII really want from his wives" on the Moodle about Henry VIII.
Homework for Monday, Feb 29th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions on Henry's problems and solutions.
2. Read the source sheet on the Moodle entitled "Henry's Great Matter" and then do the questions on the worksheet on the same subject.
Homework for Monday, Feb 22nd:
1. Make sure you have finished the worksheet on Henry VII.
2. Write an extended answer to the following question:
"How successful was Henry VII as king of England?"
Homework for Monday, Feb 8th:
1. Make sure you have finished the two mind maps.
2. Do questions 1-7 on the Henry VII worksheet (use the materials on the Moodle to help you).
Homework for Monday, Feb 1st:
1. Finish the map on the spread of the Reformation.
2. Answer the question on why some rulers supported the Protestant church.
3. Fill in and colour the timeline on the Tudors and Stuarts.
Homework for Jan 25th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on "Heaven and Hell" and on "Medieval Reformers".
2. Read the sheet on Martin Luther and then do the work section on Martin Luther which is on the Moodle: do up to question 4, but do not do the storyboard as we will do that in next Monday's lesson.
Homework for Jan 18th:
1. Finish the activities on the sheet "Introduction to the Reformation"
2. Do the activities on the Church in 1500 (see the label on the Moodle).
Homework for Jan 11th:
Make sure you have finished the work on Medicine and Science.
Homework for Monday, Dec 21st:
1. Do the exam review.
2. Finish the questions on Medicine and the Renaissance
Homework for Monday, Nov 30th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on Machiavelli.
2. Begin the work on printing.
Homework for Monday, Nov 16th:
1. Look at the videos on the Dome of the Florence cathedral that are on the Moodle.
2. You can begin revising for the December exam - the revision sheet is on the Moodle.
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 10th:
1. Make sure you have finished the mind maps on the changes in art.
2. Do the critique of a piece of Renaissance art using the guidance on the Moodle. Remember to include a copy of the work of art in your critique.
Homework for Monday, Nov 2nd:
Make sure you have finished the diamond exercise on the causes of the Renaissance. Remember that you need to explain your choice and that you need to colour code those reasons that are linked.
Homework for Monday, Oct 19th
We are now going to look at the life of one of the most famous Renaissance popes, Alexander VI.
Read pages 48-49 of your text book and then do the following activities:
a) Produce a bullet-point factfile on Alexander VI (you can get extra information from your own research). Try to colour code the points according to whether they are good, bad or neutral.
b) Examine Source B closely. What is the message of this woodcut? Try and find out who the Lutherans were and some more of their woodcuts that criticised the Pope.
c) Do you think Alexander VI was a great pope or did he do more harm than good? Remember to support you argument with evidence.
Homework for Monday, Oct 5th:
Finish your research notes and write up the biography on Cosimo de Medici.
Homework for Monday, Sept 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished the mind map.
2. Do your tourist brochure about Florence - use one of templates on Pages on the iPad and include information about the attractions of the city in the fifteenth century.
Homework for Monday, Sept 21st:
You should have finished the work that is on the Moodle, in other words:
1. Read the sheet "What was the Renaissance?"
2. What does Renaissance mean?
3. What advances had been made by the Romans and Greeks?
4. How did the Church influence society after the collapse of the Roman Empire?
5. How did this influence change during the fourteenth century?
The above should really have been done in class, so go on to do the following:
1. Use the map on Moodle to fill in the outline map you have been given.
2. Add the names of the rulers and the states they ruled:
Homework for Monday, Sept 14th:
1. Finish writing up the worksheet on the Introduction to the Renaissance. For each section explain what it was like before the Renaissance, what changed during the Renaissance and why this changed occurred.
2. Then write a paragraph explaining which change you think was most important and why.
3. Draw a cover page for the topic: Renaissance with your own drawings and images to illustrate the topic.
Homework for Monday, June 1st:
Revise for the internal exams. Checklist and advice is in the Key Stage 3 section of the website.
Homework for Friday, May 29th:
Do the Obituary on Elizabeth I.
The videos on the You Tube channel might be of some help.
Homework for Monday, May 18th:
Do the online portrait lesson that is on Easyclass.
Homework for Monday, May 11th:
1. Finish exercises 5 & 6 on the Spanish Armada on Easyclass.
2. Make sure you have completed your storyboard and trailer and send me a copy.
Homework for Friday, May 8th:
Do activities 1-4 on the Spanish Armada from Easyclass.
Complete your poster and the trailer for the film about King John and Magna Carta.
Homework for Monday, April 27th:
1. Make sure you have finished the extension work on Magna Carta from Easyclass.
2. Then go on to the work on the Legacy of the Magna Carta. You should look at the websites and videos and the sheet on Easyclass in order to produce a mindmap of the effects of Magna Carta.
Homework for Monday, April 20th:
Finish the questions on Why John was so unpopular?
Homework for Friday, March 27th:
1. Finish the activities on Elizabeth I and Religion.
2. Do the activities on Elizabeth I and Marriage.
Homework for Friday, March 13th:
Do the worksheet on Henry's Children and the Church, up to and including question 6.
Homework for Monday, March 9th:
Make sure you have finished all the work on the Dissolution of the Monasteries on the Easyclass page.
Books will be collected in on Monday.
Homework for Monday, Feb 23rd:
Make sure you have finished the work on Henry VIII and how he made himself head of the Church of England (see Easyclass).
Homework for Monday, Feb 9th:
Because of illness and absence we will extend the deadline for the Luther films to between Monday and Thursday next week.
Homework is to complete all the activities on Henry VII, including the questions on the sources.
Homework for Monday, Feb 2nd:
Produce your video trailer for the film about Luther.
Homework for Friday, Jan 23rd:
Finish the questions on Luther up to and including the storyboard.
Design your own film poster advertising a film about Luther's life.
Homework for Friday, Jan 16th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions on Heaven and Hell.
2. Complete the timeline on Medieval Reformers (a summary version).
3. Do the factfile on Erasmus (using both sheets).
Homework for Friday, Dec 19th:
Finish questions 1-5 on the Reformation (see the new Easyclass course for this).
Homework for Friday, Dec 12th:
Finish the mind map on the effects of the Renaissance.
Homework for Monday, Nov 24th:
Revision for the December exams
Homework for Monday, Nov 17th:
Begin your revision for the December exams. I will be taking books in on Monday.
Revision guide (note: this is not yet finalised and so is only a provisional guide)
Homework for Friday, Nov 14th:
1. Ensure you finish all the activities on printing on Easyclass and then watch the video on Gutenberg.
Homework for Friday, Nov 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on Machiavelli (see Easyclass for questions).
2. Then do the three activities on Printing (again see Easyclass)
Homework for Friday, Oct 24th:
Use the guidelines on Easyclass to write a historic critique of a work of art from the Renaissance. You should do it on a piece of A3 paper so that we can make a display in class.
Homework for Friday, Oct 17th:
Finish off the Savonarola work
Art in the Renaissance:
1. Draw out a mind map for what art was like during the Middle Ages.
2. Draw out another mind map on what art was like during the Renaissance.
You can do your own research to get some more ideas for this as well as the sheets.
Homework for Monday, October 13th:
Finish the work on the Church and on Pope Alexander VI.
Homework for Friday, Oct 3rd:
1. Finish the biography on Cosimo de Medici and the questions on Lorenzo (see Easyclass for the precise details.
2. Check over your exercise book to make sure you are up to date and have finished all outstanding tasks. Also do your spelling corrections
Homework for Friday, Sept 26th:
Produce a tourist brochure advertising the attractions of Renaissance Florence to try and encourage people to visit the city at that time.
Homework for Friday, Sept 19th:
1. Read the two sheets you were given on Italy and begin a mind map in your exercise book explaining the features of Italy in the fifteenth century.
2. Now use Popplet, Mindmeister or Prezi to construct a mind map giving details about what Italy was like in the fifteenth century, include images and text.
Homework for Friday, Sept 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the notes on the different changes made during the Renaissance.
2. Answer the question about which change you think was most important and why.
Homework for Monday, Sept 8th:
1. Do a spider diagram on the Renaissance, outlining the key developments and changes that occurred during the Renaissance.
2. Do a title page on the Renaissance - your own drawings and images
3. Cover your book with images of the topics we will study this year (this doesn't have to be done until Friday).
Homework for Monday, May 21st:
1. Copy out the Long term causes diagram which is on the Moodle.
2. Use page 20 of the text book to fill in the Countdown to Revolution 1787-89. Begin at Number 4 and end at Number 1
Homework for Monday, May 14th:
- Make sure you have done the diagram of the Three Estates. Then do a factfile on each Estate using the information on page 11.
- Label the cartoons you have been given
- Why did the Third Estate have good reason to complain about the way France was governed?
- Put the title: New ideas: Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood. Read p13-14 in the textbook and write a factbox on each one
- Put the title: Changes in France and read the sheet with this title on the Moodle.
- What problems does Source 1 tell us about France at this time?
- Why was France getting into more and more debt?
Homework for Monday, May 7th:
1. Finish the Armada questions which are on the Moodle:
i) Why did Phillip want to invade England?
ii) What was Phillip's plan?
iii) Make a list of all the reasons why the plan went wrong?
iv) Phillip II blamed the defeat on the weather. Was this the real reason why the invasion failed? (Explain your answer in detail)
2. Do the online lesson on Elizabeth
Homework for Monday, April 23rd:
1. Make sure you have finished the Mary Queen of Scots Homework.
2. Do the first two questions on the Armada worksheet using the textbook p50 and the resources on the Moodle.
- Why did Philip want to invade England?
- What was Philip's plan?
1. Do a storyboard on the second part of Mary's life using the information on p48-49 of the textbook and the article on her rivalry with Mary Queen of Scots.
2. Try and break the coded letter by Anthony Babbington.
Homework for Monday, March 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions on Henry's children.
2. Cut out and label the church diagrams, then colour them in.
3. Do the worksheet on the Edward painting (answers can be written on the sheet)
Homework for Monday, Feb 19th:
1. Finish the activities on the Great Matter.
2. Read Henry VIII, Rome and Divorce and Henry VIII and the Church and then do the following task:
Read the sheet entitled Henry VIII and the Church and put this as your title.
Explain how Henry broke away from the Roman Catholic Church (mention Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Cranmer and Parliament in your answer).
Homework for Monday, Feb 19th:
1. Finish the essay: "What made a Henry VII a successful king".
2. Read the introduction to Henry VIII on the Moodle and then do activities 1, 2 & 3 on the Henry VIII activities section.
Homework for Monday, Feb 5th:
Finish all the activities on Henry VII including the evidence questions
Homework for Monday, Jan 29th:
1. Make sure you have finished the video on Luther and the work on the spread of the Renaissance.
2. Finish the mindmap on Britain in 1485.
Homework for Monday, Jan 22nd:
1. You need to bring everything you need to film the Luther trailer for next Monday. Make sure you have decided on all the scenes, learnt your lines and brought the props you need.
Homework for Monday, Jan 15th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on the Medieval Reformers and Erasmus.
2. Now look at the webpages on Luther and do tasks 1-5 (including the storyboard) for homework.
Homework for Monday, Jan 8th:
Read the sheets 1, 2 & 3 on the Reformation on the Moodle. Pu the title: "Making Connections between reform, Renaissance and Reformation" and answer the following:
1. How does the church affect Bodo's life?
2. Now look at sheet 3. What signs were there of the power of the church at this time?
3. Using sheets 1 & 2 explain the criticisms of the church that were made in Source 2. Using your own knowledge of the Renaissance add any other criticisms that you think might have been made against the church.
4. What do you think is the message of Source 1 and how does it get its message across?
5. Using sheet 3 explain who John Wycliffe was, what he did and what the Lollards thought.
Look at source 1.B on sheet 3. What does this source tell us and why do we have to be careful about using it as a piece of historical evidence?
Homework for Tuesday, Dec 19th:
1.Put the title: the Reformation and then below it put the sub-title: A Vision of Heaven and Hell
2. Label the following on the image you have been given:
- Murderers being put in a pot of water
- A money lender burning on flames, still counting his gold
- A bridge of spikes for dishonest tradesmen
- Demons pulling people off the ladder
- A woman having her hand bitten by a dog (she is confessing to pampering her own dogs with meat while poor people were going hungry).
- A drunken pilgrim drinking from a wine bottle
- Christ defeating the devil who has his hands tied
- St Michael weighing people's goodness to see if they go to heaven or hell
- Angels helping people up the ladder.
4. How do you think a medieval peasant would have felt looking at this painting?
Homework for Monday, Dec 11th:
1. Finish the hexagon chart explaining the links between the different factors.
2. Prepare for the essay on the cases of the Renaissance.
Homework for Monday, Dec 4th:
1. Finish the Medicine worksheet
2. Read the information on the Renaissance and Science on the Moodle and then do the activities on the Advances in Science.
Homework for Monday, Nov 27th:
Finish all the activities in the Printing section on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Nov 20th:
Finish the questions on the Moodle on Architecture. You need to read the book and look at the videos and webpages in order to answer the questions. Do drawings to help your explanations
Homework for Monday, Nov 13th:
1. Make sure you have finished and printed out the material for your art poster. You will have a few minutes at the start of Monday's lesson to finish putting the poster together.
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 7th:
Finish your research on your points of the art criticism. You should be ready to write it all up and put it on the poster on Tuesday.
Homework for Monday, Nov 6th:
1. Use the material on the Moodle in the Art and Architecture section (Changes in Art 02 & 02) to draw out two separate mindmaps to show what Art was like in the Middle Ages and what Art was like during and after the Renaissance.
Homework for Monday, Oct 23rd:
1. Finish the Machiavelli questions.
2. Revise the work we have done on the Renaissance for a short answer test on Monday.
Homework for Monday, Oct 9th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on the Power of the Church.
2. Finish the activities on Alexander VI.
Homework for Monday, Oct 2nd:
1. Make sure you have finished the Cosimo Medici biography.
2. Now do the Lorenzo questions 1-6 from page 15 of the text book.
Homework for Monday, Sept 25th:
1. Finish the leaflet on Florence. Make sure you follow the guidelines.
Homework for Monday, Sept 18th:
1. Make sure you have finished Activities 1 & 2 on the City States (p6-7 of the text book).
2. Now go to the Moodle and look at the sheet entitled "Italy information for the mindmap", then do the mindmap activity.
Homework for Monday, Sept 11th:
Finish the pictures and statements on the Renaissance
Homeworks 2016-17:
For Friday, May 26th:
1. You should complete this online lesson on Elizabethan portraits. Just follow the instructions on this link:
http://www.historyonthenet.com/elizabeth-i-online-lesson/
2. Revision
For Friday, May 19th:
Do the worksheet on the Spanish Armada
For Tuesday, May 16th:
1. Finish the questions on the Armada:
Outline Philip's Plan
Then compile a list of all the reasons why the Armada failed (use the video, the book and the article on the Moodle)
2. Revise for the exam (see revision sheet on Moodle)
For Friday, May 12th:
1. Do the worksheet on What Elizabeth should do about Mary Queen of Scots.
For Tuesday. May 10th:
1. Examine the code on the Moodle. Try breaking the code and then write up the de-coded version on a piece of paper.
For Friday, May 5th:
1. Make sure you have done the chart on the Elizabethan Church settlement (sheer in the Moodle).
2. Do the questions on the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.
3. Now read pages 44-45 of the purple text book. Put the title Elizabeth and Marriage. Answer questions 1-3 on Elizabeth and Marriage worksheet on the Moodle.
For Friday, April 28th:
1. Finish the chart on how difficult it would be for Mary to make England Catholic again.
2. After that write a paragraph explaining what chance you think she had of making England Catholic again.
For Tuesday, April 25th:
1. Finish the Lady Jane Grey painting analysis
2. Do the Bloody Mary worksheet on the Moodle, questions 1,2,3 & 7.
For Tuesday, April 18th:
1. Finish the worksheet on Henry's Children (up to and including question 6)which is on the Moodle.
For Tuesday,March 28th:
Finish the Dissolution of the Monasteries worksheet which is on the Moodle.
For Tuesday, March 21st:
1. Finish sticking in your cards on the causes of the Reformation.
2. Organise them into categories.
3. Try and make links between the categories with arrows and give a brief explanation on the arrow.
Remember to have a go at the Historical Egg competition. It's eggcellent!
For Tuesday, March 14th:
1. Finish the source questions on the Great Matter.
For Tuesday, March 7th:
Finish the first three activities on Henry VIII
For Tuesday, Feb 28th:
Make sure you finish the evidence questions on Henry VII. The questions are on the Moodle.
For Tuesday, Feb 14th:
1. Make sure you finish the activity we did in class on Britain in 1485.
2. Use the Henry VII background and solutions sheets to answer the first six questions on the worksheet.
Books will be collected in on Tuesday.
For Friday, Feb 10th:
Finish the questions on the spread of the reformation that are on the Moodle under the Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation section.
For Tuesday, Feb 7th:
You should have finished the filming, so should now edit your film ready to be shown during Tuesday's lesson. Make sure it is completely finished.
For Friday, Feb 3rd:
1. Plan out your Luther trailer. You should be clear on the characters, dialogue, plot, props and key scenes.
2. You should be ready to film the trailer during Friday's lesson.
The film will need to be shown to the rest of the class next Tuesday.
For Tuesday, Jan 31st:
1. Make sure you finish the activities on Martin Luther which are on the Moodle.
2. Do the Martin Luther storyboard activity.
For Friday, Jan 27th:
Remember to finish the timeline on the church reformers if you didn't manage to complete it during lesson time.
For Tuesday, Jan 24th:
1. Finish all the questions in the section entitled "Introduction to the Reformation"
2. Remember to cover your books.
For Tuesday, January 16th:
1. Finish the first three questions on the Church and Europe in 1500.
2. Do your title page
3. Cover your book with images related to the Reformation, Tudors and Stuarts.
For Tuesday, December 20th:
Ensure you have written up or produced all the research you need for your Renaissance posters.
You will have one more lesson to put all the material together on Tuesday.
For Friday, December 16th:
1. If you haven't already done the exam review, please complete it.
2. Finish your research for your project on the Legacy of the Renaissance.
For Tuesday, December 13th:
Please complete the review questionnaire on your exams:
For Tuesday, Nov 21st:
Use the revision guide sheet on the Moodle to help you organise your revision.
For Friday, Nov 18th:
Do the essay on the causes of the Renaissance - look at the guidance sheet on the Moodle (in the Revision section) to help you.
For Tuesday, Oct 25th:
1. Make sure you have finished the mind maps on Medieval and Renaissance art.
2. Do your research for the critique of a piece of Renaissance art, ready to do this on Friday in class.
For Tuesday,Oct 18th:
- Use pages 18-19 to help you answer these questions.
- Draw out the mind map with Machiavelli's ideas
- Explain who Machiavelli was?
- Now do activities 2, 3, 5 & 7.
For Tuesday, Oct 11th:
1. Make sure all work is up to date and that you have finished the Savonarola questions.
For Friday, Oct 7th:
Finish all the activities on the Church on the worksheet that is on the Moodle.
For Tuesday, Sept 27th:
For Tuesday, make sure you have finished the Cosimo de Medici biography. Then if you have time make a start on the Lorenzo de Medici questions (Read page 14-15 of the text book and do questions 1-6), but don't do more than 40 minutes on this.
For the following week: Tuesday, Oct 4th:
For Oct 4th, Make sure the Lorenzo de Medici activities are finished, then read the information sheets on the Moodle on the Power of the Church and do at least up to question 3 on the Activities on the Church sheet and go further if you are ahead, but again don't spend more than 40 minutes on this.
For Tuesday, Sept 20th:
First finish Activities 1 & 2 on page 7.
Read the sheet you have been given on Italy in the fifteenth century and then do the following activities:
- What was a city state and how were they run?
- How did the rivalry between the city states show itself?
For Friday, Sept 23rd:
Using the information on Florence on the sheet, pages 8-9 of the text book and the links below design the front cover of a tourist brochure to tell people in the fifteenth century about the attractions of the city and to encourage them to visit.
- Focus on Florence
- Why was Florence the centre of the early Renaissance?
- History Today Article on Florence
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 13th:
1. Make sure you have finished the map and included the rulers, a key and a title. Then glue it in.
2. Read the document on the Moodle about Italy in the 15th century and use the information on that and the sheet to do the Mind Map activity that is on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, Sept 9th:
1. You should already have done the title page and cover.
2. Finish writing up the different changes in the Renaissance.
3. Explain which you think was the most important change and why (write a paragraph)
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 6th:
1. Do a title page for the Renaissance topic (your own drawings and images)
2. Cover your book with images related to the topics we will be studying this year.
Homework for Monday, May 23rd:
Read through the sheet entitled "the medium term causes" of the French Revolution, put this as a title and then do the following activities:
International factors:
1. What was the effect of King Louis XVI sending soldiers to fight against the British in America and why might this have made it more difficult for him to rule France?
2. What other problem might have occurred as a result of the King paying for the soldiers to help the Americans?
Economic factors:
1. What economic problems did France face and what further problem does the cartoon highlight?
Intellectual factors:
1. What was "The Enlightenment"?
2. Look carefully at the ideas of Rousseau, Diderot and Paine, then summarise the main ideas of each man.
3. Which is your favourite quote? Why?
Homework for Tuesday, May 17th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions (1-7) on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
2. Fill in the sheet How France was governed before the Revolution using the information sheet you have been given.
3. Put the title: The Estates and draw the pyramid which is on p103 of the sheet. Then use the information on page 10-11 of your text book to do a factfile on each Estate.
Homework for Tuesday, May 3rd:
Do the essay:
Does Elizabeth I deserve her reputation as a great queen?
Include a clear introduction, outlining the topic and the way you are going to approach the essay.
In the main body examine different aspects of Elizabeth's reign to judge whether or not she deserves her reputation eg: Religious policy, Marriage, Mary Queen of Scots and the threats from Catholic plots, the Spanish Armada, her image.
Use the Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link structure.
Include an overall conclusion directly answering the question.
You can use the information from the text book pages 44-55
Write around 600 words.
Homework for Monday, April 24th:
Finish the questions on the Armada which are on the Moodle. The do the following task:
Read the two versions of the Armada (one Spanish, one English).
English version
Spanish version
What are the differences between the two versions?
Which one do you find most convincing and why?
Homework for Monday, April 18th:
1. You need to finish the questions on Elizabeth and Religion and those on Elizabeth and Marriage.
2. You should then read p48-49 of the textbook about Mary, Queen of Scots.
a) Why was Mary a danger to Elizabeth?
b) Write down two ways in which Elizabeth's treatment of Mary's Queen of Scots helped her be successful.
Homework for Monday, April 11th:
1. Finish the work on Mary's chances of converting England to Catholicism.
2. Do the worksheet "Bloody Mary or Misunderstood Mary" which is on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, April 4th:
Finish questions 1-6 on the worksheet on Henry's children. Remember to label and colour the drawings of the two churches.
Homework for Monday, March 14th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
2. Make sure you have finished the chart on Henry's VIII's wives.
3. Read the webpage link "What did Henry VIII really want from his wives" on the Moodle about Henry VIII.
Homework for Monday, Feb 29th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions on Henry's problems and solutions.
2. Read the source sheet on the Moodle entitled "Henry's Great Matter" and then do the questions on the worksheet on the same subject.
Homework for Monday, Feb 22nd:
1. Make sure you have finished the worksheet on Henry VII.
2. Write an extended answer to the following question:
"How successful was Henry VII as king of England?"
Homework for Monday, Feb 8th:
1. Make sure you have finished the two mind maps.
2. Do questions 1-7 on the Henry VII worksheet (use the materials on the Moodle to help you).
Homework for Monday, Feb 1st:
1. Finish the map on the spread of the Reformation.
2. Answer the question on why some rulers supported the Protestant church.
3. Fill in and colour the timeline on the Tudors and Stuarts.
Homework for Jan 25th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on "Heaven and Hell" and on "Medieval Reformers".
2. Read the sheet on Martin Luther and then do the work section on Martin Luther which is on the Moodle: do up to question 4, but do not do the storyboard as we will do that in next Monday's lesson.
Homework for Jan 18th:
1. Finish the activities on the sheet "Introduction to the Reformation"
2. Do the activities on the Church in 1500 (see the label on the Moodle).
Homework for Jan 11th:
Make sure you have finished the work on Medicine and Science.
Homework for Monday, Dec 21st:
1. Do the exam review.
2. Finish the questions on Medicine and the Renaissance
Homework for Monday, Nov 30th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on Machiavelli.
2. Begin the work on printing.
Homework for Monday, Nov 16th:
1. Look at the videos on the Dome of the Florence cathedral that are on the Moodle.
2. You can begin revising for the December exam - the revision sheet is on the Moodle.
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 10th:
1. Make sure you have finished the mind maps on the changes in art.
2. Do the critique of a piece of Renaissance art using the guidance on the Moodle. Remember to include a copy of the work of art in your critique.
Homework for Monday, Nov 2nd:
Make sure you have finished the diamond exercise on the causes of the Renaissance. Remember that you need to explain your choice and that you need to colour code those reasons that are linked.
Homework for Monday, Oct 19th
We are now going to look at the life of one of the most famous Renaissance popes, Alexander VI.
Read pages 48-49 of your text book and then do the following activities:
a) Produce a bullet-point factfile on Alexander VI (you can get extra information from your own research). Try to colour code the points according to whether they are good, bad or neutral.
b) Examine Source B closely. What is the message of this woodcut? Try and find out who the Lutherans were and some more of their woodcuts that criticised the Pope.
c) Do you think Alexander VI was a great pope or did he do more harm than good? Remember to support you argument with evidence.
Homework for Monday, Oct 5th:
Finish your research notes and write up the biography on Cosimo de Medici.
Homework for Monday, Sept 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished the mind map.
2. Do your tourist brochure about Florence - use one of templates on Pages on the iPad and include information about the attractions of the city in the fifteenth century.
Homework for Monday, Sept 21st:
You should have finished the work that is on the Moodle, in other words:
1. Read the sheet "What was the Renaissance?"
2. What does Renaissance mean?
3. What advances had been made by the Romans and Greeks?
4. How did the Church influence society after the collapse of the Roman Empire?
5. How did this influence change during the fourteenth century?
The above should really have been done in class, so go on to do the following:
1. Use the map on Moodle to fill in the outline map you have been given.
2. Add the names of the rulers and the states they ruled:
- Florence: Medici family
- Milan: Sforza family
- Papal States: The Pope
- Venice: The Doge
- Naples: The King of Aragon
Homework for Monday, Sept 14th:
1. Finish writing up the worksheet on the Introduction to the Renaissance. For each section explain what it was like before the Renaissance, what changed during the Renaissance and why this changed occurred.
2. Then write a paragraph explaining which change you think was most important and why.
3. Draw a cover page for the topic: Renaissance with your own drawings and images to illustrate the topic.
Homework for Monday, June 1st:
Revise for the internal exams. Checklist and advice is in the Key Stage 3 section of the website.
Homework for Friday, May 29th:
Do the Obituary on Elizabeth I.
The videos on the You Tube channel might be of some help.
Homework for Monday, May 18th:
Do the online portrait lesson that is on Easyclass.
Homework for Monday, May 11th:
1. Finish exercises 5 & 6 on the Spanish Armada on Easyclass.
2. Make sure you have completed your storyboard and trailer and send me a copy.
Homework for Friday, May 8th:
Do activities 1-4 on the Spanish Armada from Easyclass.
Complete your poster and the trailer for the film about King John and Magna Carta.
Homework for Monday, April 27th:
1. Make sure you have finished the extension work on Magna Carta from Easyclass.
2. Then go on to the work on the Legacy of the Magna Carta. You should look at the websites and videos and the sheet on Easyclass in order to produce a mindmap of the effects of Magna Carta.
Homework for Monday, April 20th:
Finish the questions on Why John was so unpopular?
Homework for Friday, March 27th:
1. Finish the activities on Elizabeth I and Religion.
2. Do the activities on Elizabeth I and Marriage.
Homework for Friday, March 13th:
Do the worksheet on Henry's Children and the Church, up to and including question 6.
Homework for Monday, March 9th:
Make sure you have finished all the work on the Dissolution of the Monasteries on the Easyclass page.
Books will be collected in on Monday.
Homework for Monday, Feb 23rd:
Make sure you have finished the work on Henry VIII and how he made himself head of the Church of England (see Easyclass).
Homework for Monday, Feb 9th:
Because of illness and absence we will extend the deadline for the Luther films to between Monday and Thursday next week.
Homework is to complete all the activities on Henry VII, including the questions on the sources.
Homework for Monday, Feb 2nd:
Produce your video trailer for the film about Luther.
Homework for Friday, Jan 23rd:
Finish the questions on Luther up to and including the storyboard.
Design your own film poster advertising a film about Luther's life.
Homework for Friday, Jan 16th:
1. Make sure you have finished the questions on Heaven and Hell.
2. Complete the timeline on Medieval Reformers (a summary version).
3. Do the factfile on Erasmus (using both sheets).
Homework for Friday, Dec 19th:
Finish questions 1-5 on the Reformation (see the new Easyclass course for this).
Homework for Friday, Dec 12th:
Finish the mind map on the effects of the Renaissance.
Homework for Monday, Nov 24th:
Revision for the December exams
Homework for Monday, Nov 17th:
Begin your revision for the December exams. I will be taking books in on Monday.
Revision guide (note: this is not yet finalised and so is only a provisional guide)
Homework for Friday, Nov 14th:
1. Ensure you finish all the activities on printing on Easyclass and then watch the video on Gutenberg.
Homework for Friday, Nov 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on Machiavelli (see Easyclass for questions).
2. Then do the three activities on Printing (again see Easyclass)
Homework for Friday, Oct 24th:
Use the guidelines on Easyclass to write a historic critique of a work of art from the Renaissance. You should do it on a piece of A3 paper so that we can make a display in class.
Homework for Friday, Oct 17th:
Finish off the Savonarola work
Art in the Renaissance:
1. Draw out a mind map for what art was like during the Middle Ages.
2. Draw out another mind map on what art was like during the Renaissance.
You can do your own research to get some more ideas for this as well as the sheets.
Homework for Monday, October 13th:
Finish the work on the Church and on Pope Alexander VI.
Homework for Friday, Oct 3rd:
1. Finish the biography on Cosimo de Medici and the questions on Lorenzo (see Easyclass for the precise details.
2. Check over your exercise book to make sure you are up to date and have finished all outstanding tasks. Also do your spelling corrections
Homework for Friday, Sept 26th:
Produce a tourist brochure advertising the attractions of Renaissance Florence to try and encourage people to visit the city at that time.
Homework for Friday, Sept 19th:
1. Read the two sheets you were given on Italy and begin a mind map in your exercise book explaining the features of Italy in the fifteenth century.
2. Now use Popplet, Mindmeister or Prezi to construct a mind map giving details about what Italy was like in the fifteenth century, include images and text.
Homework for Friday, Sept 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the notes on the different changes made during the Renaissance.
2. Answer the question about which change you think was most important and why.
Homework for Monday, Sept 8th:
1. Do a spider diagram on the Renaissance, outlining the key developments and changes that occurred during the Renaissance.
2. Do a title page on the Renaissance - your own drawings and images
3. Cover your book with images of the topics we will study this year (this doesn't have to be done until Friday).
